Readers Theatre in the Classroom

About the Book

Need some help improving your students' comprehension and reading fluency? Want to increase active participation, maximize learning time, and build motivation? Regardless of the level or subject you teach, this know-how book of Readers Theatre may just be the answer. Packed with dozens of scripts ready for immediate use, this book contains over 250 pages of ideas for weaving Readers Theatre into any curriculum. Along with the scripts are suggestions for writing, casting, voicing, and staging. Presented in user-friendly language for classroom educators, elementary through high school, this book is filled with classroom-tested materials and strategies for teaching content through the dramatic genre of Readers Theatre. Hear the concepts you are teaching come alive as your students enter this high-energy, no-cost style of learning!

About the Author

Mel Campbell and Jo Cleland, both university professors, are actively engaged in teaching reading comprehension and fluency to students at all age levels. Both hold earned doctorates and are presenters par excellent in classrooms and at professional conferences. This is the second book on Readers Theatre authored by Campbell. Cleland is truly a teachers? teacher and brings a wealth of experience to this book. Campbell resides in Riverside, CA, with his wife and 3000 maps collection. Cleland lives in Phoenix, AZ, with her husband. She is an accomplished cello player.